Where would the NBA be without Bill Russell and Bob Cousy? Where would the NHL be without Gordie Howe AND Bobby Orr? Where would baseball be without Babe Ruth?
NOW, for the crux of my story...for all you Boston "kids' born after the early 50's who are football fans...WE didn't have a local football team. (The Pats didn't arrive until 1960). We were all GIANTS fans and were still enthralled by some of the heroics of "OUR" team, the New York Giants. Every Sunday my buddies and I would get together for the Giants game. Families over much of the country,
especially after the famous OVERTIME championship game in 1958, made a ritual of gathering around the TV after dinner to watch "the game."